Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 20:10 PST
I've found some rough estimates. Here's a sampling.
From ABC's "Good Morning America," February, 2004:
"Hair loss can inflict such trauma on those who experience it that an
entire industry has sprung up to do battle with baldness: An estimated
$1 billion a year is spent on efforts to re-grow hair."
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA010212_Balding_Series_Part1.html
From Wired magazine, January 2004:
"Traditional hair transplants use follicles from the side of a man's
head, which are genetically resistant to the hormonal changes that
cause classic male-pattern baldness. Nobody knows why this pattern
developed, though the leading theory suggests it evolved as a sign to
the opposite sex of a man's maturity, and thus his ability to provide
for a family. But try telling that to the 35 million balding American
men who spend $1.5 billion a year on hair restoration products, drugs,
and surgery."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/baldness.html
From a June, 2003 article:
"As a result of his radio soapbox, Kobren is a big man in a rather
small pond, the $3.5 billion-a-year hair restoration business."
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/0622baldness22.html
From a November, 2002 article:
"Doctors may not think male pattern baldness is a problem, but many
men disagree. That's why 33 million Americans spend about $1.5 billion
a year to replace or restore lost hair."
http://hairmillion.com/hair-loss-abs/hair-loss-research-abs.18_40_51_126.html
From February 2002:
"Sure, men like Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Star Trek's Patrick
Stewart are part of a small minority who are proud of their baldness.
But combating and covering up hair loss hasn't turned into an
estimated $1 billion-a-year industry because Americans like the idea
of hair collecting in the shower drain."
http://www.locateadoc.com/Patient_Resources/HairRestoration/hair_1.cfm
If this kind of material is useful to you, I'll be glad to gather
additional information along similar lines. I suspect that more
precise statistics may exist in the form of market research reports,
but these are generally very expensive.
